by John Freund, CM | Nov 17, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Hugh O’Donnell, C.M. describes the Chinese Leadership Initiative that DePaul University has hosted for three years. (DePaul President Dennis Holtschneider, CM, receiving gifts from the sisters at a President’s Dinner on campus.) During the past three years, De Paul...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Dutch make pilgrimage to Vincentian murdered in China. The word pilgrimage is usually connected with Lourdes or Fatima, or perhaps Santiago de Compostella, Jerusalem or Rome, but who would connect it with China? But on October 16 a group of pilgrims will leave from...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Joan Ann Barrett DC shares her time as a missionary in Taiwan and China. (Video created and shared by daughtersofcharityus YouTube...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
“Introducing Père David, the bold priest who brought us gerbils. As a missionary in China, he was also the first westerner to set eyes on a giant panda.” – So writes Christopher Howse in the Catholic Herald. Not mentioned in the article below...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2013 | Vincentian Family
UCA News “Remembering the missionary who embraced China” Tianjin diocese remembers Father Vincent Lebbe Father Vincent Lebbe CM was an influential missionary in early 20th century China When Belgian Lazarist Father Vincent Lebbe arrived in China in 1901 he...